Pentagon moving more assets to Middle East in face of Iran threat

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 13 April 2024

⏱️ 84 minutes

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The US has been on high alert for a significant Iranian retaliatory attack on Israel in recent days as fears grow of a wider regional war. Plus, the House passed a modified surveillance bill, just two days after an earlier version failed to advance in a public rebuke to GOP leadership. The bill, which reauthorizes the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, also needs to pass the Senate ahead of an April 19 deadline. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:05.0	And welcome to the lead. I'm Jake Tapper and we begin today with multiple breaking stories, all of which will have wide-ranging impacts on the 2024 election.
1:15.0	Moments from now in Florida, former President Donald Trump will welcome the House Speaker
1:18.4	Mike Johnson to his Marilaga resort.
1:21.2	The two men are holding a press conference in which they will discuss,
1:24.0	they say, election security, though we should note the last time the two teamed up on this issue,
1:29.2	they work to try to undermine the 2020 election. So skepticism may be warranted. We are told
1:35.9	the two Republican leaders are expected to highlight the issue of
1:38.6	non-citizens voting in federal elections and if you're thinking
1:42.0	doesn't federal law already ban non-citizens
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